What happend to the love? Battling feels so cold and mechanical. Why can Pokemon be more like the anime or manga. I don't want my Pokemon to win because it's stats were better. I want them to win because they believed in me, and I believed in them. Natures, IVs and smogen was a mistake. Implament an affection meter, one that can't be cheezed or tampered with, and takes hours to build and days to max out. That should turn the competitive world on its head
>>28022023
> le dumb frogger posterd
>>28022023
>what is happiness and return
>implying that making the game more complicated is worse
>implying, 'smigen,' is offical
>implying the anime came before the game
>>28022023
>Implament an affection meter, one that can't be cheezed or tampered with, and takes hours to build and days to max out. That should turn the competitive world on its head
No it won't. It would be yet another mechanic that everyone will have maxed out (one way or another) that would add another layer of RNG to the field.
You're problem is that you've outgrown the magic of the series you felt as a child. Pokemon felt real to you back then.
>>28022058
>Feed it a handful of berries and give it one message
>OMG this Pokemon couldn't possibly love you more
>>28022023
okay
>have affection meter
>everybody maxes out the meter
>meter no longer matters
>back to stats and IVs
you lose